MOMENT Still trying to suppress the case lepstospirosis The number of which jumped this year, the city of Yogyakarta must also face an increase in cases malaria. The Yogyakarta City Health Office noted, the malaria case that occurred in the region from January to August 2025 was recorded at around 39 cases.
“Everything is an import case, meaning that transmission is not in the city of Yogyakarta,” said the Head of Disease Control and Management of Data and Management of Data and Health Information Systems of the Lana Unwanah Health Office in Yogyakarta City on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Lana said, malaria cases are divided into malaria indigenous Namely if transmission occurs in the local area and there is no direct evidence related to import cases. There are also cases of imported malaria, namely malaria whose sources of transmission are from outside the region.
Lana explained, the city of Yogyakarta had received malaria free certification since 2014. While from the investigation, the findings of cases circulating today, are known to be cases of imports or brought sufferers after traveling, working, or doing activities from out of town.
“So the case of import malaria in Yogya means that there are residents of Yogyakarta City who are infected when they are outside the city and then go home and detected here,” he said.
Lana made up, members of the TNI/Polri who returned home assignments and were infected during assignments outside Java. There are also cases of malaria from residents outside of Yogya and are infected in their respective regions, but currently domiciled in the city of Yogyakarta. It could also be students from outside Java who came to study in Yogyakarta.
The community was advised to be vigilant. Because, although the city of Yogyakarta is not an endemic area, but its territory is an urban area and the dynamics of population mobility from outside the city with malaria endemic status is quite high.
Lana said, malaria still exists and endemic in several regions, especially in eastern Indonesia such as Papua, West Papua, NTT and Maluku. The symptoms of malaria include fever, dizziness, sweating, chills, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, and diarrhea.
“If you experience these symptoms, especially after traveling from the malaria endemic area, immediately check with the Puskesmas or hospital,” he said, adding, “Malaria can heal if treated quickly.”
To prevent the case from spreading in Yogyakarta, the Yogyakarta City Health Office urged intense residents to drain, close and bury or re -utilize used goods that have the potential to become a mosquito breeding place.
date:2025-08-14 15:22:00
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